Schools
School strikes against cuts grow in London
25 April 2017School strikes are spreading across London even before the Tory funding cuts have begun to hit schools.
Teachers coordinate strikes in London over school cuts - and protests are planned
25 April 2017Workers at three schools in south east London began a coordinated two-day strike against cuts on Tuesday of this week.
School cuts could soon mean strikes after teachers back walkouts at NUT conference
18 April 2017Teachers in some English schools could strike in the summer term in response to Tory funding cuts. Delegates at the NUT union’s annual conference in Cardiff unanimously voted for the plan last weekend (see below).
NUT union backs ballots for a boycott of the hated Sats tests in primary schools
18 April 2017NUT members voted overwhelmingly for ballots aimed at boycotting the hated Sats tests next year.
National strikes need to be a part of the fight against the Tory attacks on education
11 April 2017The education funding cuts are a national attack and require a national response.
Movement against school cuts spreads across England
11 April 2017Around 300 people met in South Gloucestershire to oppose the Tories’ cuts to school funding. Another 50 met in Leamington Spa.
Strikers say ‘come and see the difference we make’ before you cut schools team in half
04 April 2017Teachers and school support staff at three London schools are on strike today, Thursday, against cuts.
Striking teachers battling cuts tell Lewisham councillors to ‘start listening’
04 April 2017Strikers at Forest Hill School in south east London are causing ructions in the local Labour Party in a deepening row over a £1.3 million cuts package that Labour-run Lewisham council wants to push through.
Fightback against school cuts is well under way
04 April 2017The fight to stop cuts in schools is escalating. Three groups of teachers struck in London last week against funding cuts. More NUT union members in other schools are balloting for strikes against cuts. And parents are organising against the Tories’ so called fair funding formula
GALLERY - Forest Hill school strike battles cuts that threaten children's education
04 April 2017Strikers at Forest Hill School in south east London are battling a £1.3 million cuts package and a PFI scheme that drains off £1 million a year from education
Hackney teachers prepare for strikes to stop school cuts
28 March 2017Two strikes were set to take place in schools in Hackney, east London, on Thursday.
Backlash builds against Tories' cuts to school budgets
28 March 2017Over 100 people joined an angry meeting in Lancaster on Monday, opposing Tory cuts to school funding. The Tories’ so-called fair funding formula will see England’s schools losing
The movement against brutal Tory cuts to school funding is spreading
28 March 2017The revolt to stop the Tories’ attacks on school funding is growing. Over 100 teachers and parents attended a meeting east London on Wednesday.
Strike against cuts that will destroy a school
21 March 2017Around 70 people formed a loud, confident picket line at Forest Hill School for boys in Lewisham, south east London, today, Tuesday.
School bullies meet their match—how resistance to school funding cuts is spreading
21 March 2017Theresa May and her education secretary Justine Greening may have bitten off more than they can chew
Labour activists slapped down by party officials for opposing free school
21 March 2017Labour Party officials have threatened to suspend one of their own constituency parties for campaigning against a free school
Tory schools funding plan provokes parents' fury
21 March 2017Parents are hitting back at Tory plans to slash schools' money.
Tories launch school attack
07 March 2017The Tories are throwing another £320 million at expensive free schools in England —and could fund new grammar schools too.
‘We need a campaign to defend education’
07 March 2017Parents, teachers and other campaigners joined a public meeting over school funding cuts in Hammersmith, west London, on Tuesday of last week. The meeting was backed by the local council.
School staff protest in Durham
28 February 2017Around 200 teaching assistants (TAs) protested outside Durham County Hall on Friday of last week. It was the culmination of a week of protests during half term.
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